The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Biodiversity conservation
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Sustainability Science
Nature values
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,412
27,852
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Sustainability Science
Landscape Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Conservation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,976
17,406
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Biocultural diversity
Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,431
5,067
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,236
3,512
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Fuctioning
Forest Ecology
Plant Ecology
Plant interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
2,020
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Functional ecology
Chemical ecology
Plant-soil interactions
Biodiversity
Global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,054
927
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Invasion Biology
Ecology
Botany
Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
758
561
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
ecological economics
agroecology
political ecology
biocultural diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336
130
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Conservation
Taxonomy
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
218
0.920
Berta Martín López
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,412
27,852
0.744
Biodiversity conservation
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Sustainability Science
Nature values
Joern Fischer
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,976
17,406
0.498
Sustainability Science
Landscape Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Conservation Science
Jan Hanspach
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,431
5,067
0.601
Biocultural diversity
Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Jacqueline Loos
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,236
3,512
0.829
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Food Security
Andreas Fichtner
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
2,020
0.828
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Fuctioning
Forest Ecology
Plant Ecology
Plant interactions
Benjamin M Delory
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,054
927
0.880
Functional ecology
Chemical ecology
Plant-soil interactions
Biodiversity
Global change
Heike Zimmermann
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
758
561
0.740
Invasion Biology
Ecology
Botany
Sustainability Science
Stefan Ortiz|Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336
130
0.387
ecological economics
agroecology
political ecology
biocultural diversity
Estève Boutaud
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
218
0.920
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Conservation
Taxonomy
Ecology